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Lung Cancer Deaths Declining In Men But Not Women In European Countries

...figures of death from lung cancer are falling the mortality from lung cancer in women is still rising in most EU countries, except for countries like United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark. The greatest increases were in France, Spain, and Hungary. Rates for women in Hungary exceeded those for women in all other...

Statins Gives New Hope for Increased Survival Rate of Heart Failure Patients

...d therefore does not fill properly with blood. The mortality occurring due to DHF is 5-8%. Once hospitalized, patients with diastolic heart failure have a 50 percent chance of re-hospitalization within six months. It’s estimated that the cost of treating patients for diastolic heart failure exceeds $3.5 billio...

Hypertension can be caused by Inhalation of Salt

...art and kidney diseases, which are major causes of mortality worldwide. Kripa Haldiya et al. measured the blood pressure of workers in two salt milling factories in Rajasthan, India. They looked at two groups of workers. One group worked close to the salt milling plant and was directly involved in crushing, ...

Inhaling Salt Can Lead To Hypertension

...lar and kidney diseases, which are major causes of mortality worldwide. (IANS) Medindia on Hypertension: Further information Hypertension: This means high blood pressure. When the systolic blood pressure is over 140 and the diastolic blood pressure is over 90 consistently, then the person is said to suf...

Pig Bacterium (Streptococcus suis) Kills 24 In China

...fever, nausea, vomiting and hemorrhage. The high mortality rate is worrying – nearly one third confirmed cases have since died. Sichuan is China’s second largest pork producing province. All 469 infected pigs have been buried and pork exports have been suspended from the areas involved. The Chinese Health M...

Malignant Mesothelioma – A New Genetic Revelatio

...line by 2015. The study predicted that the peak in mortality in UK, will come between 2011 and 2015, the highes...eing between 1,950 and 2,450. After that peak, the mortality rate is expected to fall rapidly to a background level, depending on what residual exposure to asbes...

Malignant Mesothelioma – A New Genetic Revelation

...line by 2015. The study predicted that the peak in mortality in UK, will come between 2011 and 2015, the highes...eing between 1,950 and 2,450. After that peak, the mortality rate is expected to fall rapidly to a background level, depending on what residual exposure to asbes...

Deadly Diarrhoea Vaccine – Trail Results Promising

Diarrhoea is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in India. An attempt to formulate// a vaccine against this deadly disease, which has claimed so many young lives, is worth the expense. India is set to begin the phase II clinical trials of a new vaccine for a deadly form of diarrhoea that causes t...

Researchers identify the early makers of Neonatal Sepsis

...one of the dreaded forms of disease with very high mortality even in the best of centers. One of the reason for such a catastrophe is that the condition is diagnosed relatively a bit late. Neonatal sepsis always is both a diagnostic as well as therapeutic challenge to the paediatricians. Dr. Irmeli Nupponen a...

Breast Cancer in younger women can be detected at an early stage by mammograms

...screening mammography in reducing breast carcinoma mortality for women who are 40 to 49 years of age is still on. Buseman and her colleagues, in the latest study, looked at 247 women diagnosed with breast cancer between the ages of 42 and 49. While 105 of the women had received a mammogram in the two years be...

New Implantable Device That Can Keep The Heart Ticking

...8 in the defibrillator group. After two years, the mortality rate was about 14 percent in the standard treatment group vs. about 8 percent in the defibrillator group. Significantly, sudden deaths from irregular heartbeats were reduced from 14 in the standard treatment group to just three in the defibrillator g...

Reconsideration Of Heart Transplant Eligibility

...erta Hospital between 1990 and 2000. The patients' mortality and morbidity rates were followed for up to 11 years following surgery. Results showed no statistically significant success rate differences between the 50 patients older than 60 who received a heart transplant and the 125 transplant patients younger...

Exercise may be best defense against heart disease

... and had less than half the cardiovascular disease mortality than did those who exercised less, ate less and were overweight. The difference in mortality rates was 55 percent. The research finding highlights that expending energy through physical activi...

Ankle Fracture Surgery – Diabetics fare worse than non-diabetics

...gher ($12,898 vs. $10,794). - Dabetics had higher mortality rates (0.26 percent vs. 0.11 percent) - Hgher rates of post-operative complications (4.63 percent vs. 3.27 percent). Ankle fractures are one of the most common injuries treated by orthopedic surgeons, and the study's findings provide guidance on how...

Heart Attack Patients Reaching Hospital During Off-Hours Have Increased Risk Of Death

... than patients arriving during regular hours. This mortality difference was reduced by 43 percent when research...atment times, suggesting that the higher off-hours mortality was due in part to longer reperfusion treatment times. The researchers add that this study demonstr...

Encephalitis Claims 131 lives in Uttar Pradesh

... Referring to the number of deaths, he said: "The mortality is not unusual as even in countries like Japan, China, Thailand and Indonesia, where the disease is prevalent, it takes a toll of about 20-40 percent." He said, however, there was a difference - "unlike those countries, there is a total absence of a...

Aliskiren: A New Treatment For Hypertension

...remain uncontrolled and face serious morbidity and mortality as a consequence, said the researchers. Current drug therapies for hypertension include diuretics, beta-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, aldosterone receptor blockers (ARBs), calcium channel blockers, and alpha-1 blockers, ...

Complications In Kidney Failure Patients Linked To Heparin

...rom Mayo clinic had attributed the rising rates of mortality in kidney failure patients undergoing hemodialysis to increased levels of heparin antibodies in their bodies. Their study in the August issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings // is a preliminary look at one aspect affecting the health of patients who und...

Artesunate Is Better For Malaria Than Quinine

...prompt administration of the drug in maximum doses mortality from severe malaria remains high. Intravenous arte...us quinine. However, whether the drug could reduce mortality was unclear. Researchers from Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand had recruited 1461 patients wit...

Zinc Supplements Once A Week Can Fight Illness In Children

... zinc and half to placebo. The investigators found mortality was reduced by 85% in the group assigned zinc. Chi...d that of diarrhea. However, the effect of zinc on mortality was strong. Zinc might be progressively protective against more invasive and severe disease, leading...

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